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LORENZO LANE AND LAURIN D. WOODWOETH, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNORS TO THE LANE & WOODWORTH PATENT GLASS ROOFING COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,904, dated November 21, 1882.

Application filed November 23, 1881. (No model.)

`certain new and useful Improvements in Roofing Plates or Tiles;` and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of our invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,'which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to that class of roofln g plate or tiles described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 239,104, dated March 22, 1881, held by ils as patentees, the same being diamond-shaped, and in which there is a flange or fillet projecting upwardly along the edges above `the central line ot' the plate and a similar flange or fillet upon the opposite side of the plate projecting downwardly below the centralline, the plate being curved upward the thickness of the plate on the liange above the central line and curved downward below the central line at the same distance from the central line and by the same curvature as above the central 1ineso that when placed together with overlapping flanges one exactly tits over the other, thereby preventing the gaping or kicking up that occurs when the plate is not so curved. Y l

In the accompanying drawings, Fignre'l is a'plan View of one of our improved tiles. Fig.`

2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a 1ongitudinal section on theline z z of Fig. l. Fig. 4is a cross-section on line xm. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a half-tile. Fig. 6 is a side view of the same. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section on line c c. Fig. S is a crosssection on line y y. Fig. 9 is a cross-section of several tiles placed together in their proper position. Fig. l0 is a plan view of a roof, showing the tiles imposition. Figs. 11 and 12 are detail views. Our invention consists in the improvements upon said roong plates or tiles hereinafter set forth and claimed.

, In the drawings, A represents the outward surface of the plate with the prolonged flan ges,

as above described. The flanges or fillets upon their inner sides are beveled or made at an obtuse angle, as shown at D, with the surface of the plate, so that the base or that part of the fla-nge which joins the plate is broader than its upper edge or side, whereby greater strength is given to the flange than if at right .angles with the surface of the plate, and if the plate is made of glassit is' much less liable to crack in the process of manufacture, by reason of the more rapid contraction of the glass in the mold, than the mold itself. The ends of the plates most distant from each other are extended with the flanges curving around a space so shaped as to rest over, cover, and conceal with a perfect lit the extensions of the danges described herein when two are brought together as designed to lie in the roof. Nail-holes perforating the flanges or any part of the plate are dispensed with, and in lieu thereof, and for a means of fastening the plates to the rooting boards or lath at a distance above the central line ofthe plate great enough to extend beyond the end ofthe plate immediately below, a halfcircle indentation, b, is sunk across the edge of the plate and flange perpendicular to the surface of the plate, and having a beveled-shaped enlargement at the side, designed to be uppermost when laid, so that when the plates are laid in position upon the roofing boards orlath the indentations come together,forming a nailhole suitable for the use of fa rolled nail with a beveled-shaped head countersunk below the surface ofthe upper edge of theiian ge. By this means of fastening onlywo'ne nail is used for each plate, and is sufficient to hold the roof firmly together and to the rooting boards or lath, and hence the roof can be more quickly and cheaply laid. Another great advantage of this means of fastening consists inl the fact thatif ofglass plates withindentations,as above described, can be readily made without danger to the plate, whereas if the plate is perforated with a nail-hole, especially if on the dan ge, there is great liability to crack on the outward side by contraction of the glass in the process of manufacture, inasmuch as that material in cooling draws toward the center of the piece of Ware made. Upon the outward side, A, ofthe upper edge of the half of the plate used for IOO nishing at the comb a ange, a', about the thickness of the plate, extends outward at an angle, so that the pitch of the roof will give to it the effect of a hook. The edges of the zinc or other metal used at the comb are bent underneath this hook, by which the metal at the comb is held trmly to its place and the roof at th at part is rendered impervious to water. This part of the plate also has a flange beneath its upper edge thick enough so that when in p0- sition it will stand firmly and without tipping upon the rooting boards or lath.

Fig. 1l in drawings represents a lateral view ofthe half of the plate used at the comb. The letter a shows the upper or hook ange, and the letter b the lower liange; and Fig. 12 in drawings showstwo of these plates in position upon the opposite pitches of the root laterally exposed, with the comb metal in place, ready to be bent at its edges under the hooks. The letters c c show the plates, and the letter d the comb metal. The halt- D of the plate used at the eaves has a tlange, e, on the under side of the eaves end ofthe plate and upon the sides covering the space between the rooting-board and the plate caused bythe bend in the plate, so that the lower edges of the anges are on a line with the bottom of the plate that rests upon the rooting boards or lath,preventing tipping. The supplementary plates, or the halves A of thewhole plate separated bya'line drawn through the center between the most distant points used at the right and left gables, each have a llange,f, extending below their longest edges, concealing the space between the plate and the rooting boards or lath caused by the bend in the plate, notched where required to secure a t, so that this supplemental plate rests firmly upon the rooting boards or lath and forms a finish that conceals the air chambers or spaces between the plates and that to which they are fastened.

vVl/'hat we claim as ourinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The diamond-shaped glass tile, having the rounded ends B, with beveled part D to t over the adjoining tiles, and. provided with semicircular indentations b, having a countersink for securing the tiles in place, substantially as described. V

2. In rooting-tiles, the flange a at the upper edge of the plates, in combination with the comb of the roof and the comb metal, all arranged substantially as shown and set forth.

3. The combination of a series of glass root'- ing-tiles, having rounded ends B, with beveled part D, prolongations a, and rounded end G, and provided with semicircular indentations b, having recessed head for securing them in placefand forming a smooth surface, not eX- posing any nail-heads, substantially as shown and specied.

In testimony whereof we afx oursignatures hereto in the presence of two witnesses.

LORENZO LANE. LAURIN D. WUODWORTH.

. Witnesses: A Y

SAMLR. MEGoWN, J AMES F. WILsoN. 

